October 15, 2024-April 11, 2025
Northern Arizona University’s Clara M. Lovett Art Museum is pleased to announce a juried two-dimensional exhibition to be presented at the Clara M. Lovett Art Museum in the fall of 2024. The exhibition at the Clara M. Lovett Art Museum will present new works conceived within the conceptual categories of identity, community, and geography… Read more
Native Northwest: Contemporary
Native Northwest: Contemporary, opening January 2021, presented in our East Gallery, features Indigenous Pacific Northwestern artists Lillian Pitt, Joe Feddersen, Rick Bartow, and James Lavadour, and is a part of our larger presentation of artworks from the Aaron M. Memorial Collection.
Lillian Pitt is a descendent of the Warm Springs, Wasco, and Yakama tribes. Her art career began in the 1980s… Read more
Veteran’s Day – Nov 11, 2020
![Credit: R. C. Gorman, The Navajo Code Talkers Monument. 1995. Stone, bronze. Commissioned by Northern Arizona University. Bronze bust to collarbone in bronze mounted to stone base](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/88/Gorman_Code-Talker.jpg)
Happy Veteran’s Day! NAU Art Museum extends its appreciation to all members of our military, past, and present, for your service and sacrifice.
In light of Veteran’s Day, we shine a spotlight on this Navajo Code Talkers monument made by renowned artist and NAU alumnus RC Gorman to commemorate the 50th anniversary of World War II. This monument was officially unveiled exactly 25 years ago, on Veteran’s Day in 1995.
The sculpture is dedicated to the Navajo Code Talkers,… Read more
“May You Live in Interesting Times”
Art of the Book
Exhibition Run: February 4 – Closed early due to COVID-19 concerns.
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The following artworks have been accepted into the May you Live in Interesting Times exhibition.
- Bailey, Alicia: Endangered II, Endangered Volume III, and Popillia Japonica
- Baldner, Karen: Rising Hackles, Another Side, and Letting Go
- Bryant, Sarah: The Address, It is Mandatory to Complete This… Read more